Tag: Impact Hub Community

  • How the Social Challenges Innovation Platform Matches Social Challenges with Innovative Solution Providers

    June 26, 2019 | Aneta Pawlik

    How do small and medium-sized enterprises and social innovation fit together?  Often referred to as the backbone of the European economy, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a focal point […]

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  • Open Piano for Refugees Selected as the Winner of the found! 2019 Accelerator Program

    June 18, 2019 | Aneta Pawlik

    Originally posted in German by Deloitte Austria here The found! Program promotes start-ups that focus on creating prospects for refugees. Six young social entrepreneurs had been working on optimizing their […]

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  • Spotlight: An interview with Bubbles & Kraut

    May 4, 2018 | Baldwin Tong

      Longtime Impact Hub members Myounghee Jo and Alexander Bachinger have just launched Bubbles & Kraut, a social venture addressing the food waste problem through fermentation. They offer workshops and sell […]

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  • Spotlight: An interview with Alexey Chernikov about Reji, a language learning app.

    April 1, 2018 | Baldwin Tong

      Reji is a subscription based iPhone/iPad app that helps you learn new vocabulary with correct pronunciation using customizable flashcards. It is the third app from Twopeople Software, a nascent startup specializing in language […]

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  • Spotlight: Don’t grow older, grow WisR!

    January 17, 2018 | Baldwin Tong

      Only seven months ago, we spoke with Klaudia Bachinger about her dreams for her fledgling startup WisR. Since then, the company has added two Co-founders (Carina Roth, Chief Financial […]

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  • Spotlight: How to be goood! A conversation with Georg Woschnagg and Claudia Winkler

    December 4, 2017 | Baldwin Tong

      Georg Woschnagg and Claudia Winkler are Co-Founders of goood, a mobile phone service provider where 10% of your monthly fees are donated to a social cause or charity of your […]

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  • Spotlight: A conversation with Dimitrios Prodromou of Humanizing Technologies

    November 6, 2017 | Baldwin Tong

      Dimitrios Prodromou is the Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Humanizing Technologies, a company that advises, sells, and develops applications for social robots. Their current focus is Pepper, the most […]

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  • Spotlight: A conversation with Sabine Kampmüller of AFYA

    September 18, 2017 | Baldwin Tong

      Sabine Kampmüller is the founder of AFYA, an organization that works on intercultural health promotion. Their current mission is to support children and adolescents who suffer from post-traumatic stress. Prior […]

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  • 10 Questions with Hub Member Karin Lachmann

    August 23, 2017 | Baldwin Tong

      She’s a talented artist who laughs easily with a plenty of joy and a lot of mirth and she grew up in the middle of a forest. Karin Lachmann is […]

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  • Spotlight: 10 Questions with Hub Member Marlene Welzl

    July 18, 2017 | Baldwin Tong

      Marlene Welzl radiates with positive energy, kindness, and a true spirit. She is a key member of WGE! Gemeinsam Wohnen, an organisation that promotes and facilitates mixed generational housing […]

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  • Spotlight: A Conversation with Mario Milaković of Yugodom

    July 4, 2017 | Baldwin Tong

      Yugodom is a stay-over museum that’s redefining the hospitality experience. Located in the heart of downtown Belgrade in the Dorćol neighbourhood, Yugodom gives visitors and locals the opportunity to […]

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  • Spotlight: A Conversation with Karin Lachmann of wir.agency

    June 27, 2017 | Baldwin Tong

      Online conversations are not one-to-one. Communication strategies are constantly in a state of flux and many companies are finding it difficult to break through the information noise in the […]

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  • How a Start-Up in Vienna Creates Win-Win Situations for Wine-Lovers, Small Businesses & Mother Earth

    June 20, 2017 | Sheeva Sefyi

      What if I told you that you could help reduce fossil fuels by drinking locally harvested wine? That’s right – you heard me. No giving up your beloved steaks. […]

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  • Spotlight: Talking sustainable fashion with Fitico Sportswear

    June 14, 2017 | Aneta Pawlik

      While fair fashion is increasingly in demand and the awareness of responsible wardrobe becomes more evident in today’s customers shopping patterns, new sustainable brands come across variety of challenges in […]

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  • Party Like it’s Impact Hub Vienna’s 7th Birthday – A Recap

    June 12, 2017 | Aneta Pawlik

    On the April the 6th Impact Hub Vienna’s warm interior was filled with go-getters, changemakers, music, laughter and cake. Over two months later after Impact Hub Vienna’s birthday party celebrating […]

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